2025 Belknap Reunion
Belknap DLG/CG-26 Reunion
Nashville, TN - October 22, 2025 - October 26, 2025
The USS Belknap DLG/CG-26 is planning a 50th anniversary reunion in remembrance of the collision of their ship with the USS John F. Kennedy CV-67 on 22 November, 1975. They are inviting crewmembers of the USS Claude V. Ricketts and the USS Bordelon DD/DDR-881 to attend their reunion in recognition of the Ricketts and Bordelons actions that night in saving the Belknap and her crew. They are also inviting members of the Kennedy to the reunion.
The reunion is being planned for October 22, 2025 to October 26, 2025 in Nashville, Tennesee at the Grand Ole Opry Hotel. For further information or to register for the reunion, contact John Cubells at DDG5CMA@gmail.com.
If you have already registered by contacting John at the email address above, contact him again for updates to your registraiton.
If you haven't already registered, you can now visit the 2025 Belknap reunion information page and obtain hotel reservation information at: USS Belknap 2025 Reunion
To sign up for the reunion, press the 'Uncle Sam' icon. You will then be presented with an option to fill out an on-line registration form or to open an Adobe Acrobt printable form will open for you to print then fill out and send in to the address at the bottom of the form.
You can get to the hotel reservation system by clicking on the link included in the Adobe regsistration form or by clicking here. Note that to get the reunion hotel registration rate ($173 plus tax for exterior facing rooms & $20 more @ $193 for interior facing rooms), you must make your reservations by 9/22/2025.
You can also call the hotel for reservations by dialing (615)-889-0800. Make sure to tell them that you are with the USS Belknap DLG/CG-26 Association 2025 Military Reunion for room discounts.
The reunion is being planned for October 22, 2025 to October 26, 2025 in Nashville, Tennesee at the Grand Ole Opry Hotel. For further information or to register for the reunion, contact John Cubells at DDG5CMA@gmail.com.
If you have already registered by contacting John at the email address above, contact him again for updates to your registraiton.
If you haven't already registered, you can now visit the 2025 Belknap reunion information page and obtain hotel reservation information at: USS Belknap 2025 Reunion
To sign up for the reunion, press the 'Uncle Sam' icon. You will then be presented with an option to fill out an on-line registration form or to open an Adobe Acrobt printable form will open for you to print then fill out and send in to the address at the bottom of the form.
You can get to the hotel reservation system by clicking on the link included in the Adobe regsistration form or by clicking here. Note that to get the reunion hotel registration rate ($173 plus tax for exterior facing rooms & $20 more @ $193 for interior facing rooms), you must make your reservations by 9/22/2025.
You can also call the hotel for reservations by dialing (615)-889-0800. Make sure to tell them that you are with the USS Belknap DLG/CG-26 Association 2025 Military Reunion for room discounts.
